UMary Allen
Ingabangaba lusapho lweentaka. Zininzi iigenera kunye neentlobo zazo. Zonke zinamaphiko amade, amxinwa, atsolo kunye nemilomo eyomeleleyo, ebhityileyo. Iinyawo zabo zineentambo phakathi kweenzwane zabo. Zifumaneka ngombala omhlophe ukuya kumnyama. Batsho ngesikhalo esikhulu.
Iingabangaba zifumaneka phantse kuyo yonke indawo ehlabathini, kodwa ubukhulu becala kwiindawo ezipholileyo okanye ezibandayo. Bahlala kumanxweme okanye kumachibi echibi. Ziyakwazi ukubhabha ngokugqwesileyo, ngakumbi kwimimoya ebhudla ngamandla. Bahamba ngesikhephe phezu kwamanzi kwaye ngequbuliso badubula phantsi ukuze babambe intlanzi emanzini. Noko ke, zikwabiwa amaxhoba emilonyeni yomnye xa zibhabha.
Amangabangaba atya yonke into ayifumanayo: iintlanzi, oononkala kunye nezinye izilwanyana ezincinci zaselwandle, kunye neempuku. Ukongeza, bayayithanda inkunkuma okanye i-carrion, ezi zizilwanyana ezifileyo. Ezinye iintlobo zengabangaba nazo zitya iintshulube kunye nezinambuzane. Abanye banokusela amanzi anetyuwa. Bayikhupha ityuwa baze bayikhuphe ngeempumlo.
Uninzi lweengabangaba zakha iindlwane zazo emhlabeni. Zimbalwa iintlobo ezenza oku ngokuthatha ama-niches ematyeni. Iingabangaba zihlala zizala kunye kwiikoloni. Imazi izalela amaqanda amabini ukuya kwamane. Bobabini abazali bayatshintshana ngokufukama iiveki ezintathu ukuya kwezintlanu.
Emva kokuqanduselwa, amantshontsho ayakwazi ukuhamba nokuqubha ngoko nangoko. Kodwa ubukhulu becala bahlala kwindlwane. Apho batyiswa ngabazali bobabini. Bafunda ukubhabha phakathi kweeveki ezintathu ukuya kwezilithoba. Emva koko banokuphila malunga neminyaka engama-30 ubudala.